This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices that apply to this website, NitroCollege.com (the “Website”), which is owned and operated by Epic Research Education Services.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. By using the Website, you consent to the terms, conditions and information practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms, conditions and information practices described in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Website.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by NitroCollege.com and will notify you of the following:
This Privacy Policy was most recently updated on October 30, 2020.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to the Website and does not apply to third-party websites or online services to which the Website may link or to information collected by any non-affiliated third party, even if related to the Website or our services or products.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We only have access to/collect personally identifiable information or similar personal information that you voluntarily give us, including, without limitation: (i) in connection with an application for our scholarship sweepstakes (the “Scholarship”) offered on the Website, or (ii) via the Website’s contact page, scholarship database, email or other direct contact from you. NitroCollege.com is the sole owner of the information collected by or through the Website.
During an application for our Scholarship, applicants are required to provide us certain types or categories of information regarding themselves and/or their children, as applicable, including, but not limited to:
In contacting us through the Website’s contact page, you are required to provide us with your name and email address and also may provide a phone number or other personal information. You and not NitroCollege are solely responsible for the accuracy of any information you provide us.
In addition to the above personal information, we also may obtain information about you, your computer or mobile device, IP address, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, web browser, computer or device platform, related software and setting, browsing actions and patterns, and your use of the Website through the use "cookies" and clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs).
Cookies help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features from the Website.
Clear gifs help us better manage what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages or in emails and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. We tie the information gathered by clear gifs in emails to our users' personal information.
We may use your information, including your personally identifiable information, to:
If you do not want to receive email messages from us, you will be given the option to opt out in connection with your application for a Scholarship, in every email NitroCollege.com sends, or you may email us directly at Support@NitroCollege.com.
We may share your information, including your personally identifiable information, as follows:
Your California Privacy Rights: A Notice to California Users (California Civil Code Section 1798.83)
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You can do the following at any time by contacting us by email at Support@NitroCollege.com:
Your Opt Out Rights:
Security
We take the security of your personal information very seriously and take multiple precautions to protect your information. When you submit information via the Website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Whenever we collect sensitive information (such as income and financial information) that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page
Only our employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
We cannot, however, ensure or guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us and you do so on your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, electronic or administrative safeguards.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may be updated or amended at any time and from time to time. The Privacy Policy will reflect the date it was last updated or amended. All updates and amendments to the Privacy Policy will be posted will be posted on this page. Under certain circumstances, we also may elect to notify you of updates or amendments to our Privacy Policy be sending you an email. Please check this Privacy Policy each time you utilize the Website to ensure you are aware of any changes in our practices. Your continued use of the Website will indicate your acceptance of the changes to the Privacy Policy.
If you have questions or concerns or feel that we are not abiding by this Privacy Policy, you should contact us via email at Support@NitroCollege.com.
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